Prince Harry makes special trip to racecourse he visited with mom Princess Diana in 1994

By Robert Peterpaul

March 08, 2018

Prince Harry has marked a new beginning for a motor racing
course that holds a special place in his heart. The royal visited Silverstone
Circuit on Wednesday, March 7 to help kick off the official start of
construction on a new educational center. The
33-year-old is a patron of the legendary British race track and has made several trips there
in the past. One of his most memorable visits was in 1994, when he was only
9-years-old and accompanied by his later mother Princess Diana. Then, the pair was
on hand to present the trophy at the Grand Prix.

The official Kensington Palace twitter account, shared a
sweet throwback photo of Harry with his beloved mom Diana at the track. They
posted several other pictures during his recent visit to the organization as well, prefacing them all with: “Today
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will carry out three separate
engagements across the UK.” First, the palace published a photo of Harry at Silverstone,
writing: “As Patron of the Silverstone Experience, Prince Harry is visiting
@SilverstoneUK today to officially
mark the start of the construction of the new educational centre.”

Soon after, they tweeted: “Prince Harry first met @SilverstoneUTC students, a
college located on the side of the famous racing track, which helps 18-14 year
olds into careers in High Performance Engineering and Business & Technical
Events.” The Prince gave a stirring speech while at the event, which Kensington Palace shared a video of.

Harry said: “It is
well known that Great Britain is a world leader in high performance engineering
and motor racing engineering in particular - as well as having some great
drivers as well but it is no exaggeration to say that, unless we encourage more
young people to study science, technology, engineering and maths it will be
impossible for us to continue to lead in this field.”

HRH made a short speech before pressing the green light on the start of the construction of the new centre, which will use the latest technology to tell the story of @SilverstoneUK & British motor racing. pic.twitter.com/Obag77apsj